Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Tough Rugged Bastards

By: John A. Dailey

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man "Detachment One" was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a "proof-of-concept" to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations... Read more

Women Holding Things & Still Life with Remorse

By: Maira Kalman

Narrated by: Maira Kalman

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a collection of moving meditations on the beauty and complexity of women’s lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold, and on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.Women Holding Things includes thoughtful... Read more

Into the Taylor-Verse

By: Satu Hämeenaho-Fox

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The only book that unlocks the deep meanings and themes of Taylor Swift’s music and lyrics, era by era.

For every fan whose heart beats to Swift’s music, Into the Taylor-Verse will speak to you “All Too Well.” From the early days of Fearless to the sleepless musings of Midnights, Into the Taylor-Verse explores how Taylor crafts stories that are... Read more

Dorothy Parker in Hollywood

By: Gail Crowther

Narrated by: Samantha Desz

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker’s life and legacy in Hollywood from the author of the “fascinating” (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz.

The glamorous extravagances and devasting lows of her time in Hollywood are revealed as never before in this fresh new biography of Dorothy... Read more

Hammer of the Gods

By: Stephen Davis

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The gold-standard biography of the band Led Zeppelin—revised and updated with new material for fans of the band and this beloved rock classic.“One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written.” —Chicago Tribune The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters,... Read more

Even After Everything

By: Stephanie Duncan Smith

Narrated by: Stephanie Duncan Smith

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A “special work” (J. S. Park) that honors life’s deep griefs, great joys, and unsettled in-betweens through every sacred season, assuring us that we are never alone

“Oh, I love this book. . . . Honest and hopeful, masterfully written, both a balm and a bolstering.”—Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author

Exquisitely told and urgently... Read more

The Eagle and the Hart

By: Helen Castor

Narrated by: Helen Castor

Length: 20 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.

Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years... Read more

Magical Thinking

By: Augusten Burroughs

Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This book was written in an era before trigger warnings. Sensitive readers please proceed with caution. —Love, Augusten.


From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry—a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not... Read more

Love is Greater Than AIDS

By: Rev. Steve Pieters

Narrated by: Roman Howell

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Love is Greater than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing, and Hope is Rev. A. Stephen Pieter's inspiring story of surviving AIDS and the notorious Suramin antiviral drug trial to lead a life of ministry, celebrity, LGBTQ+ and AIDS activism, and hope. Read more

It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets Worse

By: Nicole Maines

Narrated by: Nicole Maines

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The irreverent and candid coming-of-age memoir of Nicole Maines, trailblazing trans actress, activist—and sometimes someone who’s just existing, which is actually pretty hard!

Nicole Maines knows a little something about “happily ever after”—not just because she’s a self-professed expert in the Disney princess canon, but... Read more

Mad Wife

By: Kate Hamilton

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate’s love for her husband

But she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving

In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces her complicated journey from loving wife to gaslit victim to furious feminist with an urgent goal: to expose how women are pressured to uphold the... Read more

Neville Goddard - Saat- und Erntezeit (Seedtime And Harvest 1956)

By: Fabio Mantegna

Narrated by: Konrad Lindemann

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Neville Goddard (Deutsch): Saat- und Erntezeit - Originaltitel: Seedtime And Harvest - aus dem Jahre 1956. Das 10. Buch von Neville Goddard über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme. Saat- und Erntezeit ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Seedtime And Harvest aus dem Jahre 1956. Es ist das 10. Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz... Read more

The Devil's Playground

By: Andrew Bragg

Narrated by: Kevin P. Mullan

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground. “The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley... Read more

Cocomania

By: Dan Wolken

Narrated by: Jasmin Walker

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

At the lowest point of her tennis career, Coco Gauff learned she didn’t need to be perfect to become a US Open champion.From the moment she picked up a tennis racquet, Coco Gauff was destined for greatness. Her parents believed so strongly in her future, they turned their lives upside down to make sure she had every opportunity to play the game... Read more

Still Life with Remorse

By: Maira Kalman

Narrated by: Maira Kalman

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty, My Favorite Things, and Women Holding Things comes a moving meditation on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.Maira Kalman’s most autobiographical and intimate work to date, Still Life with Remorse is a beautiful collection of deeply... Read more

Камера хранения

By: Нюта Федермессер

Narrated by: Нюта Федермессер

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Нюта Федермессер — известный российский общественный деятель, учредитель Благотворительного фонда помощи хосписам «Вера», на званного в честь ее мамы, врача Веры Васильевны Миллионщиковой, одной из основателей хосписного движения в России. Уже почти два десятилетия Нюта записывает все, что успевает за фиксировать из безумного списка событий и... Read more

Freak

By: Rebecca O'Donnell

Narrated by: Rebecca O'Donnell

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From its first blackly hilarious quote, Freak shoves you on a roller coaster ride and never lets up. This is the true story of Rebecca O’Donnell, an atypical hero who found hope in the darkest of circumstances. Unlike so many spunky survivors of a damaged past, Rebecca belongs to that far more common area of depression and insecurity, hidden... Read more

Never Good Enough

By: Tom Straete Lagergren

Narrated by: Tom Straete Lagergren

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

I've been hated, I've been loved. And if there's one thing I've learned so far - who cares!The world sets an infinite amount of benchmarks and standards for us to measure ourselves by, or for them to measure us by, and it's all just noise. The only standards to hold yourself against are your own, and only you can determine if you are 'good... Read more

Der Seelenfänger von Capri: Von Menschen und Tieren

By: Klaus Witt Dr.

Narrated by: Karolin Pape

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Tiere sind für ihn Brüder und Schwestern. Die Liebe zu ihnen, zu den Pflanzen und zu allem, was lebt, schließt immer Menschenliebe mit ein. Schon als Jugendlicher findet er in den Büchern von Axel Munthe seine Gedanken und Gefühle wieder. So entsteht die Sehnsucht nach Capri. Seine Approbation zum Tierarzt und das Todesurteil Krebs für seine... Read more

Agnes

By: Judy King

Narrated by: Lisa Armytage

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

After a 30-year absence Agnes is returning to Australia, the country of her birth, at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother. Having undergone a long period of psychotherapy she now entertains a hope that burning questions will be answered, haunting mysteries solved, and buried memories encouraged into the light. Something has blighted... Read more

Life of Charlotte Bronte - Part 2

By: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Narrated by: Various Readers

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN (1810–1865), novelist, born in Lindsey Row, now part of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 29 Sept. 1810, was the daughter, by his first marriage, of William Stevenson [q. v.] He was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed, who, after quitting the unitarian ministry, had taken to agricultural pursuits, had written upon commerce, and finally... Read more

Raffael

By: Alexandre Dumas & Anne Lefort

Narrated by: Daniel Herbert

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Renaissance mit "Die Lebensgeschichte von Raffael", meisterhaft erzählt von Alexandre Dumas. Dieser Teil seines berühmten Werkes "Trois Maitres" bietet eine tiefgründige und packende Lebensbeschreibung des legendären Malers Raffael, der als einer der größten Künstler aller Zeiten gilt. Alexandre... Read more

黄克诚：第一敢谏大将兵法谋略 - Abridged

By: 今古传奇纪实版编辑部

Narrated by: 落 塵㊣

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

宁肯"持重待机"，也不"率而应战"， "我不是魔术师会变魔术，也不是孙悟空有七十二变"， "明知不对，让我不说，杀了也不干！" ……在共和国的开国将领中，黄克诚是因讲真话被罢官次数最多的一位。 有人讲，黄克诚天生后脑勺上长"反骨"。 他一生都勇于扮演"反派"角色，但他始终无怨无悔、矢志不渝。 would rather "hold on to the moment" than "take the lead in the battle", "I'm not a magician who can do magic, and it's not that Sun Wukong has seventy-two changes", "I know it's wrong, let me... Read more

马云：我的关键时刻 - Abridged

By: 叶光森

Narrated by: 小朱

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

马云说自己不懂IT，却成为了中国公认的互联网领军人物。马云说自己不懂管理，却一手缔造了市值数千亿美元的阿里巴巴帝国。很多人把马云的成功简单归结于"时势造英雄"，历史上确实有很多人仅仅因为把握住了历史时机而成为富翁，不过想凭借幸运做一家超级企业，却几乎不可能。真正能做成一家超级大企业还需要智慧。本书通过聚焦马云人生与事业中的四个关键时刻，解读是凭借什么样智慧，能让马云能连续做出最正确的选择。而正是持续的正确选择，让阿里巴巴成长为千亿美元级别的巨无霸。 Read more